California 2006 Propositions

We have thirteen issues on the ballot this time.
There are a bunch of bond issues, some of them hugely expensive.
There are also some propositions which are very misleading.

Election Day is Tuesday, November 7th.
You can also vote before then at Early Voting locations.
Check your sample ballot, or ask your county's Registrar of Voters
to find out where.
For instance, in Alameda County you can vote at the
Registrar's office in downtown Oakland,
among other places.

A lot of people were outraged by this, myself included,
so it's not surprising to see something on the ballot to
prohibit it.
However, 90 does more than that.

It also requires governments to pay compensation for any
actions that decrease someone's property value in any way.
Any new environmental regulation, zoning changes etc. would
run into this provision.
It would be a huge disaster, as it has been in Oregon which
passed a similar law in 2004.
The results there show that rather than pay out thousands of
claims, governments simple stop implementing any new land-use
regulations.

Are you ready to permanently freeze land-use policy as it is right now?
I'm not.
Vote no.